Why are voting rights under attack?
From The Editors
The attacks on voting rights in Benton Harbor, Mich., in Ohio and in Florida, to name a few places, all have one thing in common. Whether Democrat or Republican, it's about MONEY. It's about keeping the corporations and their political criminals in position to continue robbing the country blind.
Take a look at Homeland Security. At least 90 of their officials work for companies doing billions of dollars' worth of private security business. And what about the White House and Congressional Committees who dish out government funds to fellow millionaires and billionaires? Meanwhile, the public treasury is looted dry as the government abandons social programs for the poor. Whatever money is "saved" goes into the pockets of the corporations, politicians, and other criminals.
The only way we're going to achieve democracy is if the people control the necessaries of life. True democracy is the rule of the people. People can't rule if they're living in the streets. If you control the necessaries of life, you are a free person, but if you have to beg for a job, or from the state, that's hardly democracy. There's only one solution. We have to build a huge movement to take over the corporations before they take us over.
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